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Casey Fossum Red Sox

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
9 51 .087 .106 .087 .076 5.7
Birth Date1-6-1978
Height6' 1"
Weight160 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2001 BOS 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.2 0.0
2002 BOS 24 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -2.2 2.4
2003 BOS 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.5 1.3
2004 ARI 26 29 46 42 3 4 0 0 0 4 1 16 0 0 3 0 0 0 .095 .116 .095 .081 -1.4 -1.3 -0.3
2005 TBA 27 36 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .056 19.6 -0.8 1.9
2006 TBA 28 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .001 1.1 1.6 0.3
2007 TBA 29 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.9 -0.3
2008 DET 30 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.3
2009 NYN 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 0.0
Career2405146340004116004000.087.106.087.07619.3-2.85.7

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2001 BOS MLB 13 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 BOS MLB 43 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4
2003 BOS MLB 20 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
2004 ARI MLB 29 46 .081 .257 .318 .422 .000 .154 105 -9.1 1.2 7.1 -1.3 0.3 -0.5 -0.2 -1.4 -0.3
2004 ELP AA 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TUC AAA 2 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TBA MLB 36 3 .056 .298 .358 .473 .000 .000 97 -0.7 0.1 0.4 -0.8 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 19.6 1.9
2006 TBA MLB 25 2 .001 .239 .318 .410 .000 .000 98 -0.6 0.1 0.3 1.6 0.0 -1.4 0.0 1.1 0.3
2007 TBA MLB 40 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3
2007 POR AAA 2 3 .002 .303 .354 .450 .000 .000 103 -0.9 0.1 0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 DET MLB 31 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
2009 NYN MLB 3 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 BUF AAA 1 2 .001 .256 .299 .367 .000 .000 101 -0.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 IOW AAA 5 9 .066 .269 .337 .419 .000 .125 89 -1.9 0.3 1.2 -1.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 BUF AAA 5 6 .214 .260 .301 .372 .000 .400 99 -0.3 0.1 0.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB51.076.258.320.424.250.133104-10.41.47.8-3.10.3-2.4-0.319.31.9

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2001 BOS MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -1.2 0.0
2002 BOS MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -2.2 2.4
2003 BOS MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.5 1.3
2004 ARI MLB 46 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 0 .095 .116 .095 .000 .081 -1.4 -1.3 -0.3
2004 ELP AA 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TUC AAA 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TBA MLB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .056 19.6 -0.8 1.9
2006 TBA MLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .001 1.1 1.6 0.3
2007 TBA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.9 -0.3
2007 POR AAA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .002 0.0 -0.4 0.0
2008 DET MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.3
2009 NYN MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2009 BUF AAA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .001 0.0 0.4 0.0
2009 IOW AAA 9 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .111 .066 0.0 -1.0 0.0
2011 BUF AAA 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .000 .214 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2006-09-01 2006-10-01 DTD 30 27 Left Shoulder Surgery Frayed Labrum 2006-09-08
2006-05-25 2006-06-09 15-DL 15 13 Left Groin Strain -
2006-05-19 2006-05-19 DTD 0 0 Left Groin Strain -
2006-03-06 2006-03-06 Camp 0 0 Foot Laceration on a Tile -
2005-06-03 2005-06-03 DTD 0 0 Left Groin Soreness -
2004-04-03 2004-05-14 15-DL 41 34 Left Shoulder Inflammation 2003-10-23
2003-09-07 2003-10-17 DTD 40 21 Shoulder Inflammation -
2003-06-08 2003-07-17 15-DL 39 33 Left Shoulder Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 TBA $2,725,000
2006 TBA $2,025,000
2005 TBA $950,000
2004 ARI $345,000
2003 BOS $324,500
2002 BOS $215,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$6,584,500
6 yrTotal$6,584,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 118 d1 year (2012)

Details
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 2/2/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Signed with Hanshin of Japan for 2010.
  • 1 year (2009). Signed as a free agent 1/16/09 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.6M in majors. Contract purchased 4/19/09. DFA 4/27/09. Signed as a free agent 5/2/09 (minor-league contract). Opted out of contract 6/24/09. Signed by Chicago Cubs 6/09 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2008). Signed as a free agent 1/24/08 (minor-league contract). Released 3/28/08. Signed as a free agent 4/10/08 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 6/3/08.
  • 2 years/$4.55M (2006-07), plus 2008 club option. Re-signed 1/06 (avoided arbitration, $2.375M-$1.7M). $50,000 signing bonus. 06:$2M, 07:$2.2M, 08:$3M club option, $0.3M buyout. Performance bonuses: 2007 salary increases to $3M with 30 starts in 2006. 2008 option increases to $4M with 30 starts in 2007. Released 8/16/07.
  • 1 year/$1.05M (2005), plus 2006 mutual option. Acquired in trade from Arizona 1/05. Signed 1/05 (avoided arbitration, 41.35M-$0.8M). 05:$0.95M, 06:$1.25M mutual option, $0.1M buyout). 2006 option increases to $1.4M with 15 starts in 2005. Club exercised 2006 option 11/05. Fossum declined option, became arbitration-eligible.
  • 1 year/$0.345M (2004).
  • 1 year/$0.3245M (2003). Re-signed 3/03. Acquired in trade from Boston 11/03.
  • 1 year/$0.215M (2002).
  • 1 year (2001). Contract purchased 7/01.
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